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B. Borg#4 def. R. Tanner#12

6-4 9-8 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1976*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-4 9-8 6-4
Loser	R. Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	R. Tanner
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Oct 15, 1951
Age	20	24
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,202	2,000
Career W-L	608–143	595–298
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 1 – 2 R. Tanner

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1976	QF	G. Vilas	6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1976	R16	B. Gottfried	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1976	R32	C. Dibley	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1976	R64	M. Riessen	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1976	R128	D. Lloyd	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1976	F	I. Nastase	6-4 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1976	QF	J. Connors	6-4 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1976	R16	N. Pilic	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1976	R32	C. Kirmayr	8-9 9-8 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1976	R64	K. Hirai	6-3 6-4 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1976	R128	M. Robinson	8-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data